Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles, Thoughts About Beauty on Nov 11th, 2008 No Comments »
Today I am thankful for the tree I saw outside my window yesterday. It was set against a warm blue sky and it was weeping leaves the color of fire. I looked at it today and all the leaves were gone. The sky is cold gray and the branches are like fingers. When the wind [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles, Thoughts About Beauty on Nov 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Today I am thankful for wind. For the wind that blows the colorful leaves down from the trees. For the wind that carries rain to dry ground. For the wind that touches my face like a friend and plays with my hair. For the wind that comes into a room and brings some of the [...]
Posted in I learned something new today, Raquel, Thoughts About Beauty on Sep 12th, 2008 7 Comments »
So there’s this ‘condition’ called synesthesia. It’s a condition in that psychologists have decided it’s abnormal, but most people who have it think it’s pretty cool. The first time I heard of it was in connection with some people seeing colors in music. This confused me, because I couldn’t figure out where you would [...]
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel, Thoughts About Beauty on Sep 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
around the corner
where I never go
there could be anything
the shadows fall
between rays of light
beckoning on
to worlds of mystery
and wondrous beauty
just steps from here
there’s nothing grand
claims my grown up mind
no better than here
no fairy worlds left
but my heart still whispers
of what could be there
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles, Thoughts About Beauty on Aug 28th, 2008 No Comments »
So, I have frequently ranted about how Christians should stop insisting that art can only be good or “Christian†if it uses church words and deals with explicitly religious symbols and themes. I keep saying that Christians should make beauty and create things that are excellent without being so stuck on whether or not it [...]
Posted in Books, Raquel, Thoughts About Beauty on Jul 25th, 2008 4 Comments »
As a general rule, when I’m reading a really good book I curl up with a cup of tea or some chocolate and alternate between racing along to see what happens next and savoring the good bits when I find them.
As a general rule, when I’m reading my Bible I sit up straight [...]
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel, Thoughts About Beauty on Jun 9th, 2008 No Comments »
overwhelming beauty
words fail me
‘it’s pretty’
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles, Thoughts About Beauty on May 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
When we went to Silver Dollar City James was clear that there were two non-negotiables- the blacksmith demonstration and the glassblower demonstration. We were on our way out of the park when James remembered about the blacksmith, but we made sure we saw the glassblower on our first day.
I’d seen a glassblower demonstration once [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles, Thoughts About Beauty on Mar 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
Yesterday was the Sunday we specially celebrate the resurrection of our Jesus. Some call it Easter Sunday. Some call it Resurrection Sunday. Some, like me, aren’t sure we like Easter Sunday, but think Resurrection Sunday is too clunky a title. I was thinking about writing a post Saturday that would publish on Sunday that would [...]
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel, Thoughts About Beauty on Feb 5th, 2008 2 Comments »
let it be beautiful
and let that be enough
no matter who sees